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Sacred Clowns

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By Tony Hillerman
Publisher HaperCollins Publishers
Sacred Clowns
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During a kachina ceremony at the Tano Pueblo, the antics of a dancing koshare fill the air with tension. Moments later, the clown is found bludgeoned to death, in the same manner a reservation schoolteacher was killed only days before.Officer Jim Chee and Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn believe that answers lie in the sacred clowns final cryptic message to the Tano people. But to decipher it, the two Navajo policemen may have to delve into closely guarded tribal secretson a sinister trail of blood that links a runaway, a holy artifact, corrupt Indian traders, and a pair of dead bodies.

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72413 words72,413 words
384 pages384 pages
Lexile 710LLexile 710L
Published 1993Published 1993

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9780061092602

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